Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Francis Marion Watson 1   
         Census name: Marion Watson 2
                Born: Jul-22-1858          in Meadow Run, Doddridge Co, WV  3 (see note 1)
                Died: 1927                  4
              Buried:                      in Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Spencer, Roane Co, WV  4
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Roane Co, WV  
             Resided: 1879                 in Roane Co, WV  5
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  6,7
              Father: William M. Watson   (1818 - 1890) 
              Mother: Nancy Nutter   (1818 - 1869) 
                Wife: Mary Jane Stalnaker     
             Married: Apr- 9-1879          in Roane Co, WV  8
                Born: Jan-  -1860          in Barbour Co, (W)VA  6,9,10,5
                Died: 1938                  9
              Buried:                      in Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Spencer, Roane Co, WV  4
              Census: 1910, 1920, 1930     in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Roane Co, WV  
             Resided: 1879                 in Roane Co, WV  5
              Census: 1870                 in Glade District, Barbour Co, WV  
              Father: John Stalnaker   (1829 - 1908) 
              Mother: Julia Ann Stalnaker   (1831 - 1908) 
           F Child 1: Cora E. Watson      
                Born: Feb-  -1880           11,6
              Census: 1910                 in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Roane Co, WV  
             Husband: Levi L. Hersman  b. ca 1874  
             Married: 1905                 in Roane Co, WV  7
           F Child 2: Nora E. Watson      
                Born: Aug-26-1882          in Roane Co, WV  12,6,9
                Died: May-30-1953          in Roane Co, WV  12,9
              Buried:                      in Swank Cemetery, Speed, Roane Co, WV  12
              Census: 1910                 in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV  
             Husband: Willie E. Westfall  b. 1878  d. 1961  
           M Child 3: Francis Waitman Watson      
       Also known as: Waitman Watson 13
                Born: Nov- 1-1884           14,9 (see note 2)
                Died: Jun- 7-1942          in Spencer, Roane Co, WV  14,9
              Buried:                      in Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Spencer, Roane Co, WV  4,14
              Census: 1910                 in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  14
                Wife: Arvilla B. "Biddie" Reynolds  b. Jun- 5-1893  d. Apr-  -1981  
         Census name: Biddie B. 13
             Married: ca 1912               1,4,13
           M Child 4: Willis L. Watson      
       Also known as: W. L. Watson 4
                Born: Sep-27-1887           4,6
                Died: Dec- 7-1914           4
              Buried:                      in Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Spencer, Roane Co, WV  4
              Census: 1910                 in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV  
           F Child 5: Artie A. Watson   4   
                Born: Jun-22-1889          in Spencer, Roane Co, WV  15,4
                Died: Feb-16-1891           4
              Buried:                      in Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Spencer, Roane Co, WV  4


           M Child 6: Arrah Biddie Watson      
         Census name: Hary B. Watson 
                Born: Feb-11-1891          in Spencer, Roane Co, WV  16,9
                Died: Nov-23-1970          in Roane Co, WV  14,9
              Buried:                      in Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Spencer, Roane Co, WV  12
              Census: 1910                 in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV  
                Wife: Clarence Gandee  b. 1887  d. 1971  
           F Child 7: John Alvin Watson      
       Also known as: Alvin Watson 4
                Born: Jul-25-1893          in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV  17,4,6
                Died: Jan-28-1973          in Roane Co, WV  14,4
              Buried:                      in Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Spencer, Roane Co, WV  18
              Census: 1910                 in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV  
             Husband: Ola B. Hersman  b. Sep-24-1895  d. Mar-19-1982  
             Married: 1920                 in Roane Co, WV  19
           F Child 8: Martha Jane Watson      
                Born: Oct-14-1895          in Roane Co, WV  20,9 (see note 3)
                Died: Oct-19-1935          in Sandyville, Jackson Co, WV  12,9
              Buried:                      in Independence Cemetery, Sandyville, Jackson Co, WV  12
              Census: 1910                 in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV  
             Husband: Romie Orville Stalnaker  b. Feb-10-1894  d. May- 6-1972  
           F Child 9: (Female) Watson      
                Born: Jan- 5-1896          in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV  20
                Died: bef Jun 1900          6 (see note 4)
          M Child 10: Opha Sebisco Watson      
         Census name: Opha S. Watson 
                Born: Jul-24-1898          in Speed, Roane Co, WV  20,6,9
                Died: Mar-16-1959          in Mt. Vernon, Knox Co, OH  21,9
              Buried:                      in Eastview Cemetery, Centerburg, Knox Co, OH  12
              Census: 1940                 in Porter Twp, Delaware Co, OH  
             Resided: 1935                 in Licking Co, OH  
              Census: 1920, 1930           in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV  
             Resided: 1918                 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV  22
              Census: 1910                 in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1930                 delivery man at feed mill  13
          Occupation: 1918                 farmer  22
                Wife: Syble Sarah Snyder  b. Apr-16-1901  d. Mar-18-1976  
             Married: Sep-13-1924          in Roane Co, WV  23
          F Child 11: Icie I. Watson      
       Also known as: Icy I. Watson 24
                Born: Jun-12-1900          in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV  24,25,9
                Died: Dec-  -1974           25,9
              Buried:                      in Amma Cemetery, Roane Co, WV  12
             Resided:                      in Amma, Roane Co, WV  26
              Census: 1910, 1920, 1930     in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV  
             Husband: Bertsie Edgar Alvis  b. May-19-1907  d. Feb-16-1991  
       Also known as: Bert E. Alvis 4
          F Child 12: Rosa Island Watson      
         Census name: Rosy I. Watson 
                Born: Mar-28-1905          in Roane Co, WV  27
              Census: 1952, 293 Elmwood Av in Newark, Licking Co, OH  28
              Census: 1940                 in St. Albans Twp, Licking Co, OH  
              Census: 1910, 1920, 1930     in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV  
             Husband: Ernie M. Phillips  b. 1906  
             Married: 1925                 in Roane Co, WV  19

Sources:
(1) Barbara Watson Howard . 
(2) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(3) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Francis M. Watson, b. Jul 22 1858 at Meadow Run, Doddridge 
Co, son of William & Nancy Watson. BR Bk 1, p. 10. 
(4) Headstone. 
(5) Roane County Marriage Records, Spencer, WV. 
(6) 1900 Census, Roane County, WV. 
(7) 1910 Census, Roane County, WV. 
(8) Roane County Marriage Records, Spencer, WV, Identified as F. M. Watson, 20, b. Doddridge Co, res. Roane Co, son of 
William & Nancy; and Mary Stalnaker, 18, b. Barbour Co, res. Roane Co, dau of John & Julia.  Married Apr 9 1879 in Roane 
County, officiated by J. Lowther. MR, Bk 1, p. 38, Line 24 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11552589&Type=Marriage. 
(9) Headstone (year only) 
(10) Birth record of daughter. 
(11) 1880 Census, Roane County, WV. 
(12) Findagrave.com. 
(13) 1930 Census, Roane County, WV. 
(14) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(15) Roane County Birth Records, Spencer, WV, Identified only as a female Watson, b. Jun 22 1889 in the Spencer District of 
Roane Co, dau of F. M. Watson (age 30, b. Doddridge Co) and M. J. Stalnaker (age 28, b. Barbour Co), this being the 
mother's seventh child. BR p. 44 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2353561&Type=Birth. 
(16) Roane County Birth Records, Spencer, WV, Identified only as a female (sic) Watson, b. Feb 11 1891 in the Spencer 
District of Roane Co, dau of L. (sic) M. Watson (age 30, b. Doddridge Co) and M. J. Stalnaker (age 30, b. Barbour Co), 
this being the mother's eighth child. 
(NOTE:  Despited the error's in gender in father's first name/initial, this is clearly the male child in the 1900 Census 
of this family identified as Hary B. Watson, born Feb 1891.), BR, p. 202 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2353561&Type=Birth. 
(17) Roane County Birth Records, Spencer, WV, Original entry in birth record recorded his birth date as July 25 1892.  But 
the year of birth was changed in 1942 by affidavit of mother, citing Family Bible, to read either 1893 or 1895.  The 
revised entry is not clear and could be interpreted either way.  In the 1900 Census, however, his birth date was clearly 
July 1893. BR p. 44 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2353561&Type=Birth. 
(18) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone:  Alvin Watson. 
(19) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(20) Roane County Birth Records, Spencer, WV, BR p. 44 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2353561&Type=Birth. 
(21) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 
(22) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(23) Roane County Marriage Records, Spencer, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11560252&Type=Marriage. 
(24) Roane County Birth Records, Spencer, WV, BR p. 44-1 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2353561&Type=Birth. 
(25) Social Security Death Index. 
(26) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in New Hampshire before 1951. 
(27) Roane County Birth Records, Spencer, WV, There are two entries for this birth. 
(1)  The entry that is probably the original one identifies the child as Rosa Watson, born Mar 27 1904 at Speed, dau of 
F. M. & M. J. Watson, informant father. 
(2)  The second record appears to be a revised or corrected entry, made Sep 25 1968, in which the child is identified as 
Rosa Island Watson, born Mar 28 1905 in Spencer, dau of F. M Watson & M. J. Stalnaker. 
NOTE:  In the 1910 Census, enumerated on Apr 26 1910, Rosy I. Watson's age was given as 5. BR p. 44-1 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2353561&Type=Birth. 
(28) City Directory. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth dative given in 1900 Census as Jul 1859, while headstone has only the
year 1859, both of which are at variance with the July 22 1858 date in his birth
record.
Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Nov 1883.
Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Dec 1895.  Her headstone has only the year
1895.
Note (4) Not with family in 1900 Census, in which mother Mary reported that she had
given birth to 13 children, with 9 still livng.  The birth entries for this
child (born Jan 5 1896, the mother's 11th child) and sister Martha (born Oct 14
1895) are side-by-side in the birth registry book.







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